From: Chris Sterritt <chris <at> ADMS-RAD <dot> UNISYS <dot> COM>
Date: 15 jun 1990
Subject: Present Ladder standings and Proposed Ladder Rules changes

Hello Everyone,
 
	The following two changes are proposed for the ladder rules.
The first is a change in magnitude due to the size of the current ladder.
The second is the canonical Shogi response to a drawn game.
 
 
Shogi Ladder Rules (Last Modified 6/15/90.  Taken from the Chess Ladder rules,
                    with thanks to Peter Bereolos.)
 
1)  [unchanged]
 
2)  To begin a Ladder game, one player must challenge the other.  One cannot
challenge a player more than 5 positions ahead, this is to avoid everyone
                             ^ [was 20]
ganging up upon position #1.  To make a challenge, a challenge notice must be
sent to person you wish to challenge, with a copy of that message sent to the
Ladder Coordinator.  The other person can then accept or refuse your challenge,
with appropriate notification sent to the Ladder Coordinator as well.  If the
player fails to respond to your challenge within five days, then it will be
considered that the player has refused your challenge.
 
3) [unchanged]
4) [unchanged]
5) [unchanged]
6) [unchanged]
7) [unchanged]
8) [unchanged]
10) [unchanged]
 
New rule:
 
11) In the event of a tie, the players will play again with the opposite
colors.
 
 
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        The present ladder rankings:
 
1.  Joe Kennedy            KENNEDY <at> cvax <dot> ipfw <dot> indiana <dot> edu
2.  Terry Asher            TA2321S <at> DRAKE <dot> BITNET                W:4
3.  John Kenney            KENNEY <at> EMBL <dot> BITNET
4.  Pieter Stouten         STOUTEN <at> EMBL <dot> BITNET                 B:5, B:2
5.  Chris Sterritt         chris <at> adms-rad <dot> unisys <dot> com           W:4
6.  Maurizio Paolini       PAOLINI <at> TOR01 <dot> CSELT <dot> STET <dot> IT
7.  Vann Pendley           PENDLEYIV <at> urvax <dot> urich <dot> edu
8.  Richard Page           jwseaman <at> STORM <dot> LAKEHEADU <dot> CA
9.  Oluf                   oluf <at> ifi <dot> uio <dot> no
10. JRP                    PYTH <at> WIDENER <dot> BITNET                 ?:11
11. Dave Goodwin           GOODWIN <at> SMCVAX <dot> BITNET               ?:10
 
 
	Please, JRP (and/or) Dave Goodwin, let me know who is playing which
color.
 
	thanks,
	chris sterritt